You can deploy Microsoft Office 2003 and the Microsoft Windows operating system at the same time to all users. To do so, you install all the software onto a test computer, and then you create an image of the hard disk to copy to users' computers. But first you must install a custom configuration of Office onto the test computer.
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Copy the Office CD, including all hidden files, to a folder on the network or on your computer. This step creates a compressed installation image.
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Taking Advantage of a Local Installation Source
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Start the Custom Installation Wizard and specify the Office package (MSI file) at the root of the installation image. You use this wizard to specify customizations to the Office configuration, which are saved in a transform (MST file) that is applied when users install Office. The customizations detailed in the following steps help optimize installing from a hard disk image.
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Custom Installation Wizard
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On the Configure Local Installation Source page, accept the end-user license agreement and enter the product key (PIDKEY). Users do not need to enter this information when they install Office.
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Creating a Hard Disk Image
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On the Modify Setup Properties page, set the NOUSERNAME property to True. This setting allows users to enter their own user names the first time they run an Office application.
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See NOUSERNAME in Setup Properties.
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On the Identify Additional Servers page, specify the locations you want to use as backup installation sources when users need to update or repair Office. If you do not specify an additional source and the local installation source is unavailable, Windows Installer uses the location from Step 1 as the source.
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See Identify Additional Servers in Custom Installation Wizard.
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Open the Setup settings file (Setup.ini), which is located in the Files\Setup folder on the installation image. In the [MST] section, add the property value MST1=name of your MST file. If you save the MST file in the same folder as Setup.exe, you do not need to specify a path.
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Setup Settings File
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In the [CACHE] section of Setup.ini, add or change the following properties to ensure that the entire local installation source is installed and cannot be deleted: CDCACHE=2; DELETABLECACHE=0; PURGE=0; ENFORCECACHE=1.
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See [CACHE] in Setup Settings File.
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In the [DISPLAY] section, set the following properties to
run Setup without user interaction: DISPLAY=basic; CompletionNotice=No.
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Customizing How Setup Runs
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Run Setup and install Office on the computer from which you will create the hard disk image.
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